Rava Kesari / Sooji ka Halwa / Kesari Bhath

For any special occasion and for festivals, the most common sweet dish prepared in an Indian home is rava kesari. Using semolina / suji as the main ingredient, this dish can be prepared very quickly and tastes really good with ghee liberally added to it.

Rava kesari bhath is a very popular dish in Karnataka and it is usually served along with the savory rava upma.

Rava Kesari / Sooji ka Halwa / Semolina Kesari / Kesari Bhath Recipe

Rava Kesari recipe

Prep time

4 mins

Cook time

16 mins

Total time

20 mins

Rava Kesari – an easy and popular Indian dessert using semolina.

Recipe type:DessertsCuisine:IndianServes:2-3

Ingredients

1 cup rava / sooji / semolina

1 cup sugar

3 cups water

A few cashew nuts and raisins

A pinch of food color

3 tbsp ghee

Instructions

In a pan, dry roast rava till the raw smell goes and keep aside.

In the same pan, heat a little ghee and fry the cashew nuts and raisins and keep aside. This will be used for garnishing later.

Add water to the pan and once it boils, add food color. Then add the rava in small quantities so that lumps are not formed.

Keep stirring continuously and once the rava gets cooked, add sugar and ghee.

When ghee separates, add the fried cashew nuts and raisins and serve hot.